To all whom it may concern



N.PETERS. PHOTD-LITHOGRAPHER. WASHINGTON D C @hitch fatta @anni @ffice Letters lPatent No. 79,320, dated J'zme 30, 1868.

IMPROVED SAD-IRON HANDLE.

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Be it known that I, STE'PHEN H. CUMMINGS, of Norway, in the county of Oxford, and State of Maine, have invented a. new and iinproved Handle for Sad-Irons, Etc.; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description thereof, which will enable others skilled in the art to make and usel the same, reference beinghad to the accompanying drawings, forming part of this` specification.

Figure 1 is a side view of a sad-iron, to which my improved handle has been' attached.

Figure 2 is an end view of the same.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts.

My invention has for its object to furnish an improved handle for sad-irons, tailors goose, stove-cover lifters, and other metal articles which it s necessary to handle hot, and which shall be so constructed as to prevent the hand-piece from becoming hot, and the hand from the heat radiated by the object lifted.

Andit consists'in the construction of the handle, as .hereinafter more fully described.

A represents asad-'rong B is the handle, which is made of a long bar or rod, of any suitable metal, the ends of which are attached to the sad-iron A, or other object to be held, and the. end parts of which are coiled into a. spiral, somewhat similar to aspiral spring,- a sufficient space being left in the centre of said rod to form or receive the hand-piece C. i

The hand-piece C may be met-al, Wood, or any other suitable material, and may be formed upon or attached to the said middle part of the said rod B. The end parts ofthe handle B, instead of being coiled, may be bent into anyy'desired form, the main object being to have such a length of rod that the heat cannot be conducted through its length to the hand-piece C.

D is a guard-plate or fender, which may be ncade of any suitable metal, and which is attached to the handle i B, at or about the middle of the coiled or bent parts of said handle, as shown in figs. 1 and 2.

The plate D is designed to protect the hand-piece C and the hand from theheat radiated from the sad-iron or from the other hot object to -which the handle may be attached.

I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent- As a new article of manufacture, the handle B, formed of a single piece of wire, which is bent and coiled to forni vertical columns, the horizontal central portion being left plain, for the application of the partC, said handle being also provided with the shield D, all as herein shown and described for the purpose set forth.

y STEPHEN H. GUMMINGS.

Witnessesz CHARLES I3.v Comunes, DAVID G. MILLETT. 

